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Right Place offers more than analysis, however, MacNeil demonstrates that he is a master story teller as he recalls the danger, adventure and Exotica that most journalists only dream about...
...over Europe. To paint commonplace models in tavern settings or caves of gloom, to infuse biblical subjects with an exacting realism and directness, to drive the mincing preciosity of late mannerism out of art-such were the aims of French Caravaggisti like Valentin de Boulogne (1591-1632), whose Fortune Teller raises narrative to a pitch of ironic theater worthy of Caravaggio himself. It is a raffish image of tavern survival: the old circular comedy, as the gypsy woman bilks a credulous soldier while a man steals her chicken and a little girl lifts the thief's purse...
...best French painter to fall under Caravaggio's spell was, however, Georges de La Tour (1593-1652). His own Fortune Teller (the subject was perhaps bound to be popular in a country as worried about the future as early 17th century France) is condemned at the moment to a period of freakhood, thanks to 60 Minutes, which briefly rose from its usual torpor about cultural affairs to pillory it as a modern forgery. Reputable scholars agree, however, that there is no real question about The Fortune Teller's authenticity; its age has now been scientifically confirmed. It remains...
Only Edward Teller and Michael Novak address the real issue and cause of the arms race, namely the Soviets' armed superiority and their willingness to use it if they assess their chances as favorable...
...allowance, depending on the size of the average balance in his account. If the amount is $1,000, for example, the credit is about $11. The customer incurs a charge against that credit when he uses the bank. Writing a check costs 30?, and a withdrawal from an automatic teller machine is 10?. For a bounced check, the bank demands a daunting $30. If the customer's monthly charges exceed his credit, he pays the difference as a service fee. If, on the other hand, he does not use his account too often, he pays no service charge...